John Heinerman
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 Then trailing off in her thoughts momentarily, she looked down on the table and saw my best-selling book, Heinerman's Encyclopedia of fruits, Vegetables and Herbs. Recognizing me from my lectures she had attended earlier that day, she asked in an off-handed manner: "Why don't you write a book on juicing? At least it would tell me what I want to know!" Our conversation after that was confined to her own personal health problems. Her complaint stuck in my mind for some reason. It just wouldn't let go. |
Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.
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 Alcohol, on the other hand, is produced from fermented fruits and grains. So it's not a stretch to see that other foods can impact one's thinking, energy levels, and emotions. Consider this: when our energy is low, we tend to feel depressed. If we are truly depressed, a low energy level makes us feel even worse.
When our thoughts are scattered or when we're not thinking straight, it's easy to think our way into a bad mood. We begin to harbor fears that other people don't like us or that our life is a horrible mess. And these faulty ideas form the core of negative emotions. |
Jean Antonello
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 Broad-based" means "spanning all food groups," including grains and cereals, fruits and vegetables, meat and poultry and dairy products. Of course, if you have food allergies or sensitivities, or you are vegetarian, you can easily make those adjustments.
This is a very general recommendation, meant to help you relax your eating controls.
One of the common methods by which undereaters keep their eating under control is to eliminate whole food groups from their diets. Many vegetarians I have interviewed gave up meat in order to lose weight. |
John Heinerman
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| Now you'll have a pretty good knowledge of what to look for when buying decent fruits and vegetables for your juicing pleasure.
Thirdly, the reader comes away from my book well-informed on the nutritional contents of virtually every juice presented. This enables him or her to correctly understand the particular vitamins and minerals inherent in every produce item juiced. That way, he or she will know which of several juices might be the best to drink for meeting certain nutritional deficiencies. |
Annemarie Colbin
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 Alcohol, sugar, and fruits were on the furthest extreme of yin, while meat and salt were on the furthest extreme of yang. Grains, most notably brown
RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS rice, were placed in the middle, as the most balanced food. Healthful eating meant always, continuously, striving for a balance between the opposites of the yin and the yang, the expansive and the contractive. |
Bradley J. Willcox, D. Craig Willcox, and Makoto Suzuki
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 But you don't need to be a vegetarian or fruitarian to be healthy; indeed, restricting your diet and lifestyle too much can also be unhealthy. Nor do you need to restrict your fat intake to less than 10 percent of your total calories.
You can eat more fat—it just depends on what kind, as we'll discuss in the next chapter. The keys here are moderation and a healthy balance. It's important to find a good overall plan that's healthful, keeps you slim and fit, and ultimately makes sense. As you'll see as you read on, the Okinawa Program meets all those criteria. |
Ruth Winter
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 METHYLCINNAMATE • See Cinnamic Acid.
6-METHYLCOUMARIN • A white needlelike substance from benzene with a coconut odor, it is used as a flavoring agent in various foods. Moderately toxic by ingestion.
METHYLENE CHLORIDE • Dichloromethane. Methane Dichloride. Methylene Dichloride. Aerothene NM. Solaestine. Freon 30 Somethine. F-30. A colorless gas that compresses into colorless liquid of pleasant odor and sweet taste. |
Neal Barnard, M.D.
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 Only when we started making stone arrowheads and cutting implements could we capture prey and remove its hide. The few existing groups of modern-day hunter-gatherers do not reflect the beginnings of human existence. In fact, they use fire, cooking, and tools that were not available to our pre-Stone Age ancestors.
Most anthropologists believe that meat-eating probably began by scavenging from the remains of kills left behind by true carnivores.28 In ijj_vj i v u y u ± j.a 11 i. i x \i 11 i. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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 They stain the fingers a nice brick-red.
The roots of C. californicum (m.a.) were reportedly used as soap.
The aromatic leaves of C. ambrosioides, Mexican tea, epazote - originally from tropical Am. and naturalized almost throughout - are used as a condiment in Mexico and Guatemala, especially with beans. The plant aids digestion by preventing gas formation. It is preferable to use them with moderation because of their strong, camphorous flavor and their definite bitterness. |
Susun S. Weed
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 DNA from damage. They also discourage the formation of carcinogenic metabolic by-products during digestive action in the intestines and emulsify some carcinogenic chemicals, making them more soluble in water and thus easier to eliminate. See phytic acid.
Allyl sulfides (e.g., S-allylcysteine, dialkyl sulfides) increase the production of glutathione S-transferase, which increases the excretion of carcinogens and slows the reproduction of tumor cells. Allyl sulfides are damaged by heat. Best Sources: Garlic, onions, leeks. |
National Women's Health Network
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 Recommendation Chaste-tree berry is a relatively benign herb. It may cause an acne-like rash or itching in some people, but really severe adverse effects have not been reported. There are no clinical trials on its use for menopausal symptoms, but it appears to be safe.
Dong Qudi (Angelica sinensis)
Dong quai is a Chinese herb commonly prescribed for menopausal women. It contains no known phytoestrogens. |
Ruth Winter
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| May contain FDA-approved antioxidants. Petrolatum helps to soften and smoothe the skin in the same way as any other emollient and is less expensive. The oily film helps prevent evaporation of moisture from the skin and protects the skin from irritation. However, petrolatum does cause allergic skin reactions in the hypersensitive. When ingested, it produces a mild laxative effect. Not absorbed but may inhibit digestion. It is generally nontoxic.
PETROLEUM • Hydrocarbons, Naphtha, Waxes. |
| GUTA HANG KANG • A chewing-gum base.
GUTHION • Azinphos-methyl. A pesticide used to combat mites. It inhibits nerve transmission. See Organophosphates.
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HALOFUGINONE HYDROBROMIDE • An animal antibiotic used in broiler chicken feed. The FDA's residue limitation is 0.3 ppm in uncooked chicken liver and 0.1 in uncooked edible tissue of chicken.
HALOXON • Galloxon. An antiworm medicine for animals. FDA residue tolerance is 0.1 ppm in edible tissues of cattle, sheep, and goats. |
The Editors of Prevention Magazine Health Books
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 As fot B6, men get about 1.9 milligtams and women get about 1.2 milligtams a day through foods such as chicken, fish, pork and eggs.
Dietary vitamin B12 ls ^ess or"a ptoblem. Most people do get enough from meats, dairy products and eggs, with men getting almost eight micrograms and women getting about five micrograms a day. People with absorption problems, howevet, usually need to get injections of this vitamin. |
Francois Couplan, Ph.D.
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| Sanguisorba (B 3) Burnet From the Latin "sanguis," blood, and "sorbeo," to absorb: the plant has hemostatic properties. Throughout. Both native and species introduced from Eurasia. P
Sangutsorba minor
The leaves of S. minor (= Poterium sanguisorba) and officinalis, great burnet - both naturalized from Eurasia - have a very fresh taste, slightly astringent, reminiscent of cucumber or of green walnut.
They are excellent raw in salads. The tender young leaves growing in the center of the rosette are the best. |
| These glucosides are trai sformed into hydrocyanic acid (HCN) and glucose through hydrolysis, under the action of a ferment present in the plant. Bitter almond oil (benzoic alde-hyc e), which has a characteristic odor, is often liberated in the process. In large qu; ntities, hydrocyanic acid is extremely toxic: it has a depressant effect on the res >iratory and cardiac centers of the brain, sometimes resulting in death, especial ly in children, who are more sensitive than adults. However, if this substance is r. |
Christian Ratsch
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 When the men are too strongly inebriated from ayahuasca, their women give them chilies to help them become sober (Schultes and Raffauf 1991,35*).
In the "drug scene," the dried remnants of rotten green paprika pods (Capsicum fructescens var. grossum) are sometimes used as a marijuana substitute (see Cannabis indica).
All species of this genus contain the hot compound capsaicin (chemically related to vanillin) (Weil 1976). Some species also contain flavonoids. Capsicum annuum L. contains steroidal alkaloids and glycosides (Schultes and Raffauf 1991, 35*). |
| The sap of the Indian forest date palm (Phoenix sylvestris [L.] Roxb.) is also fermented into palm wine.
Palm wine is very popular in Africa, where it is used as a refreshing drink, a solvent for medicine, and an offering drink (libation). In West Africa, palm wine with cola nuts (Cola spp.) is an important offering in the orisha rites. In the land of the Yoruba, Ogun is the shamanic god of iron and the smithy, of war, of the hunt, and of stones, and he is considered a mighty tamer of snakes. |
Elson M. Haas, M.D.
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 He got away from the sweets, sodas, salt snacks, and fried foods he was eating before. Now at 165, he feels great!
Hazards of Fasting
If fasting is overused, it may create depletion and weakness, lower resistance, and allow diseases to begin. Certain people are not good candidates for fasting or cleansing. Others may enjoy fasting so much that they overindulge in it and take it beyond the limits of normal elimination, resulting in protein and other nutritional deficits, reduced immunity, and loss of energy. |
Christian Ratsch
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| It consisted of: lolium hyoscyamus cicuta papaver ruber papaver niger lactuca portulacca solanum somniferum fructus opium thebaicum bearded darnel {Lolium temulentum) black henbane {Hyoscyamus niger) hemlock (Cicuta virosa or Conium maculatum)
"red poppy"; possibly Papaver rhoeas
"black poppy"; possibly Papaver somniferum
"lettuce"; possibly Lactuca virosa purslane (Portulaca sp. |
Nicola Reavley
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 Protein
Proteins are made up of 20 main naturally-occurring amino acids and some other minor ones. Some of these amino acids are essential constituents of the diet as they cannot be made in the body, whereas others are nonessential. Meat, fish, eggs, milk and soybeans contain all the essential amino acids and are known as complete proteins. Grains, beans, peas, nuts and seeds contain some amino acids and not others, and are called incomplete proteins. Two incomplete protein foods, eaten together, can provide a complete protein, for example, baked beans on toast or lentils and rice. |
Marion Nestle
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FIGURE 25. Supplement trade associations promote their members' interests by suggesting that diets would promote better health if they topped off the USDA's Food Guide Pyramid with nutritional supplements, and nutritional supplements with botanicals. (Courtesy Council for Responsible Nutrition, Washington, DC) financially well off, and—no surprise—healthier. |
Textbook of Natural Medicine 2nd Edition Volume 2Michael T. Murray, ND
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| Interestingly, diets rich in legumes with high concentrations of water-soluble fibers are associated with an increased risk for gallstones.6 Chileans, Pima Indians, and other North American Indians have the highest prevalence rates for cholesterol gallstones. All consume a diet rich in legumes. Evidently legume intake increases biliary cholesterol saturation as a result of their saponin content.6 It is therefore recommended that legume intake be restricted in individuals with gallstones.
Vegetarian diet
A vegetarian diet has been shown to be protective against gallstone formation. |
Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council
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 The mechanisms responsible for these effects are not fully understood, partly because nutritive and non-nutritive components of foods may interact to exert effects on cancer incidence.
In the laboratory, investigators have attempted to shed light on the mechanisms by which diet may influence carcinogenesis. They have examined the ability of individual nutrients, food extracts, or non-nutritive components of food to enhance or Inhibit carcinogenesis and mutagenesis, thereby providing epidemiologists with testable hypotheses regarding specific components of the diet. |
| Similar inverse associations were found for indices of vitamin A and C intake, especially for vitamin C intake. In a case-control study among Chinese in Singapore, de Jong et al. (1974) found that a significant decrease in risk for esophageal cancer among males was associated with consumption of bread, potatoes, and bananas. They also found a direct association with consumption of very hot beverages. Ziegler at al. (1981) examined the role of nutrition in the etiology of esophageal cancer among blacks in the United States. |
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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 He adds that a small percentage of the population whose ancestors lived in the very northern latitudes cannot tolerate this diet. Symptoms of intolerance would be fatigue, sometimes muscle weakness, difficulty with memory and concentration, and feeling low-grade flu-like symtpoms. If these symptoms occur as a result of the dietary changes, test for urine pH (acid-base balance). If urine is too alkaline, add some organic meats and/or dairy products, if no allergies to dairy are present. |
Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer, Assembly of Life Sciences National Research Council
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| Lai (1979) and Lai et al. (1980) have also found antimutagenic activity in extracts of wheat sprouts, leaf lettuce, parsley, brussels sprouts, mustard greens, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, and other vegetables. Although they concluded that the anti-mutagenic substance in these vegetables is chlorophyll, certain food substances without chlorophyll, such as apples, also inhibit mutagenic activity (Morita et al., 1978), indicating that some factor in foods other than chlorophyll can be antimutagenic. |
Patricia Hausman & Judith Benn Hurley
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 In fact, the high-carotene group was only one-seventh as likely to contract the disease as the low-carotene group.
• The NCI's Dr. Haenszel interviewed people who had colon cancer and those who did not, and found that those free of the disease reported eating more cabbage.
• Researchers at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, New York, confirmed that people who did not have lung cancer took in more vitamin A than patients with the disease. Following up on their findings, they linked higher intakes of vitamin A to better protection from cancers of the esophagus, bladder, and larynx. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 C. (The vitamin C content varies depending on the season, climate, location, and ripeness of the fruit.) For the sake of comparison, 100 grams of oranges contains only 50 milligrams of vitamin C. Acerola has a carotene content comparable to that of carrots and also supplies magnesium, niacin, pantothenic acid, potassium, vitamin B: (thiamine), and vitamin B2 (riboflavin). The vitamin content of acerola is highest before it ripens, while the fruit is still green. As the fruit begins to ripen, it loses much of its vitamin content, which is why it is harvested green. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D.
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 Herbal recommendations for gallstones
Silymarin (see Chapter 24, p. 247) and components of peppermint oil (see Chapter 28, p. 283) are useful in patients with gallstones. Silymarin increases the solubility of the bile while peppermint oil components may actually help dissolve the stones.
Gout
Gout is a common type of arthritis caused by an increased concentration of uric acid in biological fluids. Uric acid is the final breakdown product of purine metabolism. Purines are made in the body and are also ingested in foods. |
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